Netik’s Wise, Close and Hale Discuss Three Key Product Focuses for 2010
Following the relaunch of its Global Securities Master (GSM) solution in September, data management and reporting solution vendor Netik has been expounding the benefits of the upgraded managed services solution to the buy side community. This work resulted in a win at the very end of the year, with the start of a rollout of...
CESR Publishes Technical Advice for UCITS Data Around Cross Border Mergers
The Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) has published a new paper in order to provide firms with technical advice for data formats regarding fund mergers, master-feeder structures and notification procedures under UCITS IV. The advice has taken into consideration industry feedback on the measures, following a consultation period that ended in September, and indicates...
Financial Services Braced for Global Data Deluge in 2010
The financial industry has been flooded with over 2,000 pages of regulatory documents this month including a dozen publications from European supervisory agencies, two major consultations from the Basel committee on banking supervision and over 15 pronouncements from the UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA). The surge of regulatory activity comes amid a torrent of speeches...
Operational Risk Could be Data’s Best Friend
By Daniel Simpson, CEO of Cadis The story is one we’ve heard before – we’ve slowly come to recognise the importance of an issue, some of us have even started to do something about it but mostly it’s much discussed and remains on the ‘to do’ pile. So what is the tale this time? That...
Lehner Named President and CEO of Eagle Investment Systems
Eagle Investment Systems, a provider of financial services technology and a subsidiary of BNY Mellon, today announced that John Lehner, the firm’s president, will be expanding his responsibilities to assume the additional role of CEO effective January 1, 2010. Lehner will continue to report to Lou Maiuri, chairman of Eagle Investment Systems and global head...
CEBS Outputs Another CP, This Time on Risk Stress Testing Best Practices
The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) has added another document to the industry’s Christmas reading list with the publication of its revised guidelines on stress testing, otherwise known as CP32. The new guidelines, on which the industry has until 31 March to comment, include details of the scale of the data management challenge posed...
Morningstar to Acquire Chicago-based Logical Information Machines
Morningstar, a provider of independent investment research, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Logical Information Machines, (LIM), a provider of data and analytics for the energy, financial, and agriculture sectors, for US$51.5 million, subject to post-closing adjustments. LIM had revenue of approximately US$20 million for the last 12 months. The...
RDR Poll This Month: Are Chief Data Officers the Norm?
Reference data issues may be rising up the industry agenda as a result of risk management and regulatory considerations, but how much of a priority does your firm place on the data function. There has previously been a lot of talk about the increase in the number of chief data officers (CDOs) in the market,...
Video: Standardisation Panel & Debate at FIMA 2009
A panel discussion titled “The Drive to Standardisation” with a lively discussion among Mike Atkin, Managing Director of EDM Council, Francis Gross, Head of the External Statistics Division of the European Central Bank, and PJ Di Giammarino, CEO, JWG-IT. Video of 7797099
France’s Banque Accord Opts for Joint Informatica and Teradata Offering
French bank Banque Accord has rolled out a joint solution from data integration software vendor Informatica Corporation and data warehousing vendor Teradata. The bank, which is a subsidiary of the Auchan Group, decided to implement the joint solution to replace its fragmented data management systems architecture and therefore increase its efficiency and expedite its decision...